How to grammar

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• Middelbare school
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How to: Grammar!

How to learn tenses?

1. Personalization
2. Repetition

How to learn tenses...

First of all, it is very important to be able to: 

1. Recognize the grammatical structure 
2. Understand why a tense is used
3. Practice the tenses

1. e.g. verb+s = Present Simple
2. Rules! Why Present Simple and not Present Continuous? Habit vs happening right now!
3. Where do you practice? How much? When?

Personalization; an example

Create an emotion.

• Here is 1 of the 12 English tenses as a person: Present Simple

Important!

Practice the verb forms!

Verb forms are one of the biggest challenges in learning grammar. Verb forms change a verb in some way to tell you information about it.

Verb forms

There are two types of verbs: Regular & Irregular

• Regular verbs -> follow the base rule 
• Irregular verbs -> don't follow any rule!

However, you can find the right verb form for a sentence even with irregular verbs. How? Practice, practice, practice. 

6 tips:

1. Be aware of grammar. 
2. Read a lot of English books
   
3. Concentrate on the aspects of grammar you personally find most difficult.
   
4. Try to work out the patterns and rules of the language for yourself.
   
5. Practice! Practice! Practice! 
6. Learn the common irregular verbs

1. Think about grammar. Notice the aspects of English grammar that are the same as or very similar to those in your language.
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5. Fill-in-the-gap exercises + multiple choice + form your own sentences
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Word order!

English sentences (almost) always use the same word order!

Exception: Passive Voice!

Word order can help you while studying tenses: questions and negatives often work a little different in word order than positive sentences

Word order!

Very important!

Just like in Dutch: don't forget to use punctuation!

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